The Solex carburetor is supplied with fuel by a crankcase pressure acti-vated fuel pump. Fuel is pumped from the fuel tank through the fuel pump to the carburetor at which time the fuel needed is metered through the fuel jet, combined with air.. Carburetors regulate the ratio of air and fuel, and Carburetors control the engine's speed. Read Also: What is Cylinder Block? Diagram, Parts, Types & Functions Parts of Solex Carburetor Solex carburetor is a down draught type carburetor. It consists of the devices for starting, idling normal running, and acceleration.
7 Float 0,omber cover gasket 8 Pump inlector assembly !bung screw 9 Pump lnIector as,embly 10 Pump Injector assembly gasket 11 Wosher 12 Needle valve 13 Float toggle 14 Float toggle Spindle 15 loot 12.5 gms 16 Seoflng washer 17 Throttle spindle washer 18 Intermediate lever 19 End nut retol"ifl9 washer 20 Throttle splnd!e'l'"nd nut 21 Pump body I 22 i.\c elerotlng as.embly 23 Pump body filling.. Hi, There's been a few threads about the wonderful side-draught Solex carbs that make the superlative 2T-G and 18R-G engines run so well. So, with no further ado, let me post the following extracts that will not only show you all the bits of these carbs, but also how to tune them. There are 19 images, which I will make thumbnails, so it will go over 2 posts, due to the10 image limit per post.